System Administration is a profession pertaining to the field of computers and it is an area concerned with computer systems and networks. Professionals in the field of system administration are called as system administrators otherwise, they are called as Sys-Admin. They are employed in the field for managing and operating the computer systems and pertaining networks.

Duties of a system administrator:

The responsibilities conferred to system administrators and their duties differ from one organization to another and some of their basic responsibilities are installation, supportive and maintenance activities of services or other computer systems and they also respond to the service outcomes and other pertaining problems. Secondary duties of system administrators include supervision of computer operators, verifying the proper working of system, project management for related projects, creation of file systems, etc… For excelling in their field, the system administrators must have a wide range of technical responsibilities and skills. An efficient system administration professionals ensures that the entire network works efficiently and run without any threat of virus invasion.

Different job positions offered to system administrators:

System Administrators are offered with different job responsibilities and their position names differ from one organization to another on the basis of their responsibilities:

• Web-server administrator

• Security administrator

• Database administrator

• General system administrator

• Network administrator

Government jobs in the field of system administrator:

As most of think, system administrators are not only appointed in private sector, even government organizations these days appoint system administrators since almost all government organizations are computerized nowadays and therefore system administrators can find jobs in public sector organizations as well. Recently many government organizations recruited candidates for the position of System Administrator and here are the names of some of the organizations:

• System Administrator cum Website Administrator – Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre

• System Administrator/Junior System Administrator Trainee – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

• System Administrators – ERNET India, New Delhi

Skills needed for shining in the field of system administration:

Since system administration is a profession that is highly stress oriented, candidates should possess problem-solving skills. They should possess the skill to quickly identify the problem and should be able to solve the problem as soon as possible since quick solution will be required for solving computer and network related problems, which might affect the work of the organization. Nowadays, computers play an important role in the working of most of the organizations, therefore efficient system administration is highly needed and the profession has a great scope.